Tailwind Airlines is a Turkish charter airline based in Istanbul which operates flights from its bases at Antalya Airport.
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| Founded | 2006 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
| Destinations | 40+ | ||||||
| Parent company | Tailwind Havayolları | ||||||
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey | ||||||
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| Website | tailwind.com.tr | ||||||
History
editThe airline was founded as a joint Turkish-British project, with the first commercial flight taking place in May 2009. Founded by Kadri Muhiddin, Safi Ergin and Mehmet Demir Uz in 2006, the low-cost airline operated five Boeing 737-400 as of August 2013. In early September 2016, a Boeing 737-800 with aircraft registration TC-TLH was banned from Lebanon for landing at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. After a technical check, Tailwind Airlines briefly operated the aircraft, which had previously been leased to Wings of Lebanon and painted in its colors, on its own routes.[1]
Destinations
editAs of August 2013, Tailwind Airlines flies to various destinations in Europe and Asia:[2]
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Berlin – Schönefeld Airport
- Bremen – Bremen Airport
- Cologne – Cologne/Bonn Airport
- Dortmund – Dortmund Airport
- Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport
- Dresden – Dresden Airport
- Erfurt/Weimar – Erfurt-Weimar Airport
- Hahn – Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Hamburg – Hamburg Airport
- Hanover – Hannover Airport
- Kassel – Kassel Airport
- Leipzig – Leipzig/Halle Airport
- Munich – Munich Airport
- Nuremberg – Nuremberg Airport
- Stuttgart – Stuttgart Airport
- Hungary
- Iraq
- Israel
- Iran
- Italy
- Jordan
- Moldova
- North Cyprus
- Norway
- Slovakia
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
Fleet
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As of April 2024, the Tailwind Airlines fleet comprises the following aircraft:[3]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers |
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| Boeing 737-400 | 5 | — | 168 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | — | 189 |
| Total | 7 | — |
References
edit- ^ Eiselin, Stefan (2016-09-02). "Jet von Wings of Lebanon darf nie mehr in den Libanon". aeroTELEGRAPH (in Swiss High German). Retrieved 2022-11-14.
- ^ Tailwind Airlines Destinations Archived 2013-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "planespotters.net - Tailwind Airlines Fleet Details and History". 1 April 2024.
External links
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